Cutaneous manifestations in COVID‐19: a first perspective

Abstract

In December 2019 unexplained pneumonia cases were initially reported in Wuhan, China. The pathogen, a novel coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), was isolated from lower respiratory tract samples of infected patients and the resultant disease was termed as COVID‐19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019)¹. By Feb 15, COVID‐19 has rapidly spread throughout China and across the world, until a pandemic condition was announced by March 11².